Not everyone in the cannabis industry can be considered your typical stoner. That is the case for our next guest, a single-mother who worked her way through nursing school to become a hospice nurse. Now, Jessie Gill works as a cannabis writer, activist and medical professional. What marked the transition? Well, as we’ve all...

Fixing Cannabis Banking: Talking Shop with Tokken’s Lamine Zarrad

The cannabis industry is booming but faces a money problem - there isn’t anywhere to store it! Currently a cash-only business, there are several security issues that pose massive problems for a $6.7 billion dollar industry. From break-ins to the IRS being overwhelmed with tax payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in...

Getting to the Money: Talking Shop with Daniel Sparks, J.D. and Steve Flaks of BioTrackTHC

As cannabis use and legalization continues to be a heated mainstream debate, it’s becoming more important to understand the physical process of creating, transporting, testing and selling usable cannabis products. To get a better idea of what a national cannabis industry would actually look like, one should take a closer look into the processes...

Science & Social Justice: Talking Shop with Ashley Preece of the Ethical Cannabis Alliance
Besides the glitz, glamor, fear and the regulations that come with the cannabis industry; what is working in it really like? Some love it while others have found themselves overworked, doing their best to keep up with regulations and state government...

Sungrown Cannabis: Talking Shop with Dan Sutton of Tantalus Labs

Sungrown Cannabis: Talking Shop with Dan Sutton of Tantalus Labs
What is it like being a cannabis producer in Canada? What is it like testing your flower in Canada? In this week’s edition of Talking Shop, we sit down with Canadian cannabis entrepreneur Dan Sutton of Tantalus Labs. Known online for his #Sungrown movement, Sutton...

Cannabis as Medicine: Talking Shop with Dr. Charles Pollack of Thomas Jefferson University

Cannabis as Medicine: Talking Shop with Dr. Charles Pollack of Thomas Jefferson University
After learning the benefits CBD has on those suffering from Dravet’s Syndrome, Australian millionaire Barry Lambert invested over $20 million into cannabis research at the University of Sydney. Continuing his donations to fund the research, Lambert donated $3 million more to Thomas...

Testing Reduction Leads to Cannabis Recall

Testing Reduction Leads to Cannabis Recall
Written by Jon RussellEdited by Maxwell Davis & Noah Persin
Testing bottlenecks have caused the cannabis industry in Oregon to grind to a virtual halt. Many in the industry have been asking the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) for assistance in getting the industry moving again. In response, the OHA announced in early...

Talking Shop With Humboldt, CA-based Cannabis Author/Photographer Gooey Rabinski
In our continued coverage of what it means to be a cannabis-centric creative, we sit down with Humboldt, California-based author and photographer Gooey Rabinski. Getting his take on everything from the medical benefits of cannabis to writing about the plant, we ask Rabinski what it means...

Illegally Healed: Talking Shop with Cannabis Attorney Dale Schafer

Illegally Healed: Talking Shop with Cannabis Attorney Dale Schafer
The cannabis industry is one of many facets. From the advocates and activists speaking up for cannabis, to the patients that desperately need it, to the recreational smoker, to the lawyers defending or prosecuting, to those serving jail sentences from using or selling cannabis, to illegal...

Cannabis and Mental Health: Talking Shop with Michelle S. Thiessen

Cannabis and Mental Health: Talking Shop with Michelle S. Thiessen
The role of cannabis in mental health is a highly debated subject. In fact, one of the primary reasons cannabis was made illegal in the United States was due to a confabulated association to psychosis (which has sent been proven to be inaccurate). For an...

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